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how big an embarrassment is this for president obama? >> i think it's -- i don't believe you can blame president obama. it's underneath him. it's the fbi. i agree with susan that basically this is a lack of coordination in all of these agencies. a lack of follow-up. something went wrong that was supposed to go right after 9/11. >> what's disturbing -- excuse me, i think we are going around the circle here. i don't think you can fault president obama on this. but you can look at maybe some of these procedures, maybe they can be tightened up. self-radicalized over the internet, which is what this appears to be. the lone wolf. this is tough to find out until -- >> don't bring these kinds of guys into the country. >> susan? >> self-radicalized over the internet until he traveled overseas doing god knows what for several months. a lot of these answers we may never get because as we were saying, they stopped the questioning at a critical moment. and it's questionable whether they should have done that. >> he was brought into the country when h
how big an embarrassment is this for president obama? >> i think it's -- i don't believe you can blame president obama. it's underneath him. it's the fbi. i agree with susan that basically this is a lack of coordination in all of these agencies. a lack of follow-up. something went wrong that was supposed to go right after 9/11. >> what's disturbing -- excuse me, i think we are going around the circle here. i don't think you can fault president obama on this. but you can look at...
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frome house delegation massachusetts talks about the boston marathon bombings after that, president obama reports syria that may have used chemical weapons. tomorrow, retired air force colonel discusses the next steps for the u.s. and its allies concerning syria. >> i said, i'm here to report reads the guard came up and said i knew one of your campaign managers in ohio. the guardn there, and said, you have some hate mail. it was from california and massachusetts. they gave me the mail. -- thethrough this stripped down. i got into the intake, walked into prison. down into the courtyard. i uset use the language in the book. they tell me to get away from him. i don't know where to go. another prisoner said, where is your escort yucca -- escort? as said, i don't know. he took me the back way of the laundry room. a man is sitting there saying, are you the congressman? i used to be. he says, you are a republican, aren't you. >i said, republicans put me in here you know. he said, i am the mayor of east cleveland. i will get you some closed. sunday atob ney 8:00 on c-span's "q&a." the house voted
frome house delegation massachusetts talks about the boston marathon bombings after that, president obama reports syria that may have used chemical weapons. tomorrow, retired air force colonel discusses the next steps for the u.s. and its allies concerning syria. >> i said, i'm here to report reads the guard came up and said i knew one of your campaign managers in ohio. the guardn there, and said, you have some hate mail. it was from california and massachusetts. they gave me the mail. --...
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i imagine there's going to be a lot of people talking to the domestic audience. the stuff behind the scenes will be the interesting thing. mexico wants to pull back from the violence they're seeing. and what is president obama going to say -- you need to militarize your side of the border so i can deal with the border state politics? >> i would actually love to know what mexicans and the mexican audience thinks of the u.s. immigration reform. half of the immigrants to the united states come from mexico. so there's a stake for mexicans in immigration reform. the way that it's being discussed in the actual reform measures, what is the temperature as far as mexicans liking this, the mexican government being supportive of these efforts? and to what degree will the mexican president work hand in hand with president obama to help him on these border issues? >> this is an important issue for the mexicans, they don't want to enter into our domestic politics. one thing that they feel, we've seen huge resources poured into border security. huge increases in border patrol.
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does this cold war mentality that president obama talked about still hamper relations between the u.s. and russia? >> it appears to have been a problem in this case but really shouldn't. we've had relations with countries around the world which have been pretty rocky and yet on the counterterrorism level, it's been very, very good cooperation. even when i was in office at times that some other countries were not necessarily seeing eye to eye on iraq or other issues, at the law enforcement level there was always a lot of exchange of information because it's mutually important. this is important to the russians as it is to us. i would put some emphasis on making sure that our relationships with the russians or anybody else at this level are being maintained properly and so there is a good flow of cooperation. >> i've heard talk that one of the reasons why it might not have gone as swimmingly as it should have is because russia is always trying to convince the u.s. that the chechens with whom they're involved in this ugly, bloody war for years and years, they're always trying to convince
does this cold war mentality that president obama talked about still hamper relations between the u.s. and russia? >> it appears to have been a problem in this case but really shouldn't. we've had relations with countries around the world which have been pretty rocky and yet on the counterterrorism level, it's been very, very good cooperation. even when i was in office at times that some other countries were not necessarily seeing eye to eye on iraq or other issues, at the law enforcement...
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but a sense of humor helps if you are a leader of the free world and we will talk about president obama's performance at the white house correspondents dinner. gps continues right now. >>> we are piecing together how the alleged boston bombers radicalized themselves over the internet and posted their thoughts on twitter. we watched as the internet disseminated their images within a few minutes beginning the sequence of events that led to their capture. is technology a help or hindrance? i have a great person to answer the question. eric schmitt is the executive chairman of google and he has a new book that explores this and other ideas. it is called the new digital age, reshaping the future of people, nations and business. jarrod cohen has worked previously at the state department and as part of the time 100 i should add. thank you, guys. when you watched this boston episode, what did you think about the pow er of technology for the -- the process of self radicalizing on the internet is fascinating where people no longer need a community. they no longer need a leader. they can just find t
but a sense of humor helps if you are a leader of the free world and we will talk about president obama's performance at the white house correspondents dinner. gps continues right now. >>> we are piecing together how the alleged boston bombers radicalized themselves over the internet and posted their thoughts on twitter. we watched as the internet disseminated their images within a few minutes beginning the sequence of events that led to their capture. is technology a help or...
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want to talk about the cooperation they are doing appear to want to be that. we also heard from an aide from moscow saying quite simply the continuation of cooperation will continue. severe obvious efforts for cooperation here on the surface. combined with some strange back chatter we're hearing from you know on the hill et cetera about there not really having been as much information coming from the russians as they would have liked, but looking around we have the russians repeatedly warning the americans well before tsarnaev came on the radar after boston and further information going from the russians to between the mother and sons discussing jihad over the telephone. so there seems to be a chain of information. you don't quite actions of russians in dagestan over the weekend and raid and continuous pass of information feeds together. there certainly seems to be adequate exchange of information right now. wolf the presidents are talking in a cooperative fashion, wolf? >> that's important, they are at least talking about the sensitive suggest. nick paton wal
want to talk about the cooperation they are doing appear to want to be that. we also heard from an aide from moscow saying quite simply the continuation of cooperation will continue. severe obvious efforts for cooperation here on the surface. combined with some strange back chatter we're hearing from you know on the hill et cetera about there not really having been as much information coming from the russians as they would have liked, but looking around we have the russians repeatedly warning...
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president obama himself. >> it is not just that obama decided not to do it. what happened was, when he said he would bring him here to manhattan to try the case, congress passed a law that said he could not close guantanamo. he does not have that option available to him. it does not mean it was right. >> we have to it and it. good to have your voice in this debate. thank you. coming up the latest captives held by north korea, 15 years hard label innate labor camp. [ male announcer ] research suggests cell health plays a key role throughout our lives. one a day men's 50+ is a complete multivitamin designed for men's health concerns as we age. it has 7 antioxidants to support cell health. one a day men's 50+. lookin' good, flo! feelin' good! feelin' real good! [ engine revs ] boat protection people love. now, that's progressive. call or click today. ♪ male narrator: there's something positive being generated in california. when ordinary energy is put in the hands of extraordinary people, amazing things happen. the kind of things that drive us to do more, to g
president obama himself. >> it is not just that obama decided not to do it. what happened was, when he said he would bring him here to manhattan to try the case, congress passed a law that said he could not close guantanamo. he does not have that option available to him. it does not mean it was right. >> we have to it and it. good to have your voice in this debate. thank you. coming up the latest captives held by north korea, 15 years hard label innate labor camp. [ male announcer ]...
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i thought the most adroit political move was president obama endorsing president bush's leadership on immigration and saying that this was his legacy, and let's vindicate his vision. grassley, ahuck ranking member of the senate judiciary said, after the boston bombings, all this talk about immigration reform, it is time to look at immigration laws and policies already in place to make sure we are addressing national security issues. >> the bombings have implications on terror policy, implications on the miranda rule and all of that. it does not have any implications in reality of immigration. i know is being used left and right but you will have immigrants, going back to the early 19th century, 20th- unexpected is not and it is the price of immigration, of which the good that we get from immigrants far weighs theseut feelings of this affection or violence. >> amazingly, we sit here week after week talking about how washington is dysfunctional. this is the first time i thought they would do something. the stars are in alignment. really, the republicans cannot afford to bid anti-immigra
i thought the most adroit political move was president obama endorsing president bush's leadership on immigration and saying that this was his legacy, and let's vindicate his vision. grassley, ahuck ranking member of the senate judiciary said, after the boston bombings, all this talk about immigration reform, it is time to look at immigration laws and policies already in place to make sure we are addressing national security issues. >> the bombings have implications on terror policy,...
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i thought president obama did a very good job yesterday. he has the delivery down pat. and i think it was particularly funny because a lot of it was ause he was talking to a room that really knows the nuances of the political jokes. frankly, because he followed ed henry who droned on forever and ever and ever. it was great relief and very comic >> l.z., what did you think about the dinner and the jokes? president versus conan o'brien? >> you know i thought that -- i thought conan was -- starting off. i kept waiting for him to get it in with president obama. that came out later. i think the president's delivery has always been impeccable. he seems to be at ease in the public spotlight. i want to point out the fact this was a fund-raiser. $100,000 was raised scholarships for generous people like you and i, don, to help keep this profession alive. to me that's the most for part happened last a lot of young women and lot of -- >> next we will get back to boston. the restaurants and the stores closed down. the bombings. they will reopen their coors. we doors. we will talk to
i thought president obama did a very good job yesterday. he has the delivery down pat. and i think it was particularly funny because a lot of it was ause he was talking to a room that really knows the nuances of the political jokes. frankly, because he followed ed henry who droned on forever and ever and ever. it was great relief and very comic >> l.z., what did you think about the dinner and the jokes? president versus conan o'brien? >> you know i thought that -- i thought conan...
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this is something that the obama administration has been warning about for months and they're still talking about doing that at the pentagon and other key places. when you talk about areas where congress might want to step in, they might have concerns, that's another area. but i don't know that the furloughs are going to be sort of as alarming as the white house believes. there's a lot of individually people have concerns in those departments, but i think for the general public so far there hasn't been as big an outcry. >> you have to wonder, the sequester cuts that you mentioned from head start to meals on wheels and the others, are you getting any sense that if -- piecemeal if people start opposing those as vociferously as people did the air-traffic controller furloughs, might congress have to then come back and do these sort of band-aid fixes? >> well, you know, one of the reasons that a lot of the house democrats were upset with the legislation on friday was they say this is a band-aid and we should be doing big sweeping bills. i feel like the momentum will run out to keep doing each of
this is something that the obama administration has been warning about for months and they're still talking about doing that at the pentagon and other key places. when you talk about areas where congress might want to step in, they might have concerns, that's another area. but i don't know that the furloughs are going to be sort of as alarming as the white house believes. there's a lot of individually people have concerns in those departments, but i think for the general public so far there...
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texas, and midwest flooding the nation got a chance to laugh last night and you heard the reverend talk about laughing in church today. washington's annual right of spring did not disappoint. the white house correspondence dinner attracted an a-list of hollywood celebrities to join president obama and a night of fun and one liners.?e check out the highlights. ♪ >> how do you like my new entrance music? i understand second term need a burst of new energy. try some new things. and my team and i talked about it. we were willing to try anything so we borrowed one of michelle's tricks. >> seriously, mr. president, your hair is so white, it could be a member of your cabinet. speaking of the cabinet, the president recently picked his new treasury secretary jack lew. gives me great joy to know if the president has to let him go he'll get to say, it's not lew, it's me. >> the media landscape is changing so rapidly. yo up with it. i mean, i remember when buzzfeed was something i did in college around 2:00 a.m. >> some people say print media is dying, but i don't believe it. and neither does my
texas, and midwest flooding the nation got a chance to laugh last night and you heard the reverend talk about laughing in church today. washington's annual right of spring did not disappoint. the white house correspondence dinner attracted an a-list of hollywood celebrities to join president obama and a night of fun and one liners.?e check out the highlights. ♪ >> how do you like my new entrance music? i understand second term need a burst of new energy. try some new things. and my team...
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we will talk about what that would actually mean in a bit. first i want to share the three awesomist things on the internet today. beginning with a cool feature from the new york times. yes, scott fitzgerald novel, coming up with a film and the book is currently topping the amazon best seller list. the marketing of the book has the gatsby lovers up in arms. it is probably a good thing he is not around to see the film. barnes & noble will sell both editions and wal-mart will only sell the book with leo on the cover. perhaps that book seller just needs a reminder of last year's best seller. second awesomist thing -- by the way, that cover is awesome. second thing, a twitter trend that reached a whole new level. as salon puts it, anything and everything that is even the slightest potential to become a mean will get its own twitter account. case in point, clint eastwood's rnc speech to an empty chair. when senator tom coal vert announced he was tired of shaving his beard and and he launched his own twitter account. with a great discussion on terr
we will talk about what that would actually mean in a bit. first i want to share the three awesomist things on the internet today. beginning with a cool feature from the new york times. yes, scott fitzgerald novel, coming up with a film and the book is currently topping the amazon best seller list. the marketing of the book has the gatsby lovers up in arms. it is probably a good thing he is not around to see the film. barnes & noble will sell both editions and wal-mart will only sell the...
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. >> it's not a right wing talking point when president obama himself hasn't released these people. >> i didn't say that. it's because they've made it very difficult. i agree with you. we should have done. >> it's not just that obama decided not to do it. >> nor has he put them on trial in military tribunal. >> nobody jumps up and down and gets hysterical about it. bring him here to try the case, congress pass add law that said he couldn't close guantanamo. it doesn't mean it was right. >> it's just not american. >> we've got to end it. it's good to have your voice in this debate. the latest held captive by north korea. he's been sentenced 15 years to hard labor in a labor camp. we'll talk with him. held five months until president clinton secured her release. she'll join the panel, next. çtoooowl >>> looking at a live shot in istanbul. you can join the conversation by tweeting us, we'll be right back. >>> seoul, south korea, almost noon. the united states is now demanding the release of an american citizen who's been sentenced today to 15 years hard labor in a north korean prison
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i'll talk with his ex-fiancee in just a moment. first, breaking news now, the big stories of the day. president obama is defending the fbi's handling of the intelligence in the boston marathon bombing. critics are saying the u.s. is dropping the ball when it comes to intelligence gathering. joining me are abby huntsman and mark lamont hill. let's start with the big story yesterday and it's been bubbling on today as well about jason collins. remarkable courage for him to be the first male american professional athlete to come out as gay. yet this little twist in the story today of this woman who i'm about to interview, who was with him for eight years and they were engaged to be married, he called off the engagement and she only found out last week, a lot after the event, when he called her to say i'm gay and i've always been gay. let me start with you, abby. courageous though he's been, and this may be a contentious thing to say off the top on this, but how courageous is it to have put that woman through eight years of i guess what
i'll talk with his ex-fiancee in just a moment. first, breaking news now, the big stories of the day. president obama is defending the fbi's handling of the intelligence in the boston marathon bombing. critics are saying the u.s. is dropping the ball when it comes to intelligence gathering. joining me are abby huntsman and mark lamont hill. let's start with the big story yesterday and it's been bubbling on today as well about jason collins. remarkable courage for him to be the first male...
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let's talk about what we learned last week and president obama talking about the potential of a chemical weapons. wen mcmorris-santoro, where add in this? why is the white house's stance ?ignificant ta guest: there has been a lot of debate. the obama administration said a few months ago, they drew the proverbial red line about chemical weapons, the idea that of chemical weapons were used, they would cross the line and we would see engagement. that is what people read about that. there were reports that some chemical weapons may have been .sed shortly thereafter, the white house was engaged on that and some observers felt they change the way the red line works. the white house says it was a systematic use. we're seeing a lot of discussion about persian towards what might be u.s. involvement. it's unfair to say that will happen or not. talkinge house is now about using chemical weapons and what it means for how the united states in gauges. associated press has this headline -- obama's syrian caution. one of the conversations going on in congress on what the u.s. could and should be doing?
let's talk about what we learned last week and president obama talking about the potential of a chemical weapons. wen mcmorris-santoro, where add in this? why is the white house's stance ?ignificant ta guest: there has been a lot of debate. the obama administration said a few months ago, they drew the proverbial red line about chemical weapons, the idea that of chemical weapons were used, they would cross the line and we would see engagement. that is what people read about that. there were...
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that's of course first lady michelle obama visiting heather in the hospital. not long after that visit, heather faced a decision. it's a decision that's hard to imagine, whether or not to keep her injured foot. we talked earlier today. can you tell me about what you remember from that day? >> yeah. that day, i came up to boston with a group of friends to watch the red sox game, and then go watch the runners close to the finish line at a bar called forum. i remember getting -- when we got to the bar, they were standing at the door taken people's i.d.s. my two girls were in front of me. i was the last one in line. my friends were already inside the bar. and we heard, you know, a loud noise. everybody, i think all of us turned around. i know i saw a lot of smoke. i saw people crying and running, and i immediately thought i was at some sort of terrorist attack. >> that was your initial thought? >> it was. because it reminded me of something i saw on the september 11th events. so before i could even think of what to do, the second blast happened and i found myself
that's of course first lady michelle obama visiting heather in the hospital. not long after that visit, heather faced a decision. it's a decision that's hard to imagine, whether or not to keep her injured foot. we talked earlier today. can you tell me about what you remember from that day? >> yeah. that day, i came up to boston with a group of friends to watch the red sox game, and then go watch the runners close to the finish line at a bar called forum. i remember getting -- when we got...
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that's of course first lady michelle obama visiting heather in the hospital. not long after that visit, heather faced a decision. it's a decision that's hard to imagine, whether or not to keep her injured foot. we talked earlier today. can you tell me about what you remember from that day? >> yeah. that day, i came up to boston with a group of friends to watch the red sox game, and then go watch the runners close to the finish line at a bar called forum. i remember getting -- when we got to the bar, they were standing at the door taken people's i.d.s. my two girls were in front of me. i was the last one in line. my friends were already inside the bar. and we heard, you know, a loud noise. everybody, i think all of us turned around. i know i saw a lot of smoke. i saw people crying and running, and i immediately thought i was at some sort of terrorist attack. >> that was your initial thought? >> it was. because it reminded me of something i saw on the september 11th events. so before i could even think of what to do, the second blast happened and i found myself
that's of course first lady michelle obama visiting heather in the hospital. not long after that visit, heather faced a decision. it's a decision that's hard to imagine, whether or not to keep her injured foot. we talked earlier today. can you tell me about what you remember from that day? >> yeah. that day, i came up to boston with a group of friends to watch the red sox game, and then go watch the runners close to the finish line at a bar called forum. i remember getting -- when we got...
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. >>> president obama has talked about red lines. >> yes. >> do you think bashar al assad has crossed a red line? >> not just for one time. many, many times, he crossed the red line. >> that was the military leader of rebels in syria talking exclusively to our richard engel about allegations that forces loyal to president assad has used chemical weapons in their desperate battle to king to power. we're joined by richard and steve. rich, the president said that he hasn't seen a clear chain of custody that tells us who's been using chemical weapons in syria. but it seems like the chain of custody is all too clear for the rebel leader that you interviewed. >> he said the chain of custody is clear because not all the evidence they have uncovered, but because no one other than bashar al assad's regime could have used chemical weapons. he said the weapons were three times dropped by fighter jets, the rebels don't have fighter jets and that one time were delivered by a scud and they don't have those either. based on the description of the evidence, these are hair samples, blood samples, urin
. >>> president obama has talked about red lines. >> yes. >> do you think bashar al assad has crossed a red line? >> not just for one time. many, many times, he crossed the red line. >> that was the military leader of rebels in syria talking exclusively to our richard engel about allegations that forces loyal to president assad has used chemical weapons in their desperate battle to king to power. we're joined by richard and steve. rich, the president said that...
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because they disagree with them, because they didn't want to help or even be seen helping president obama. why am i not surprised? tonight we'll talk to erica laugherty whose mother is the courageous sandy hook principal who died protecting those kids. she confronted a u.s. senator who voted against that bill. that was a tough moment for her. >>> what do we do about gitmo? this is a tough one. especially around progressives. no country wants to take the prisoners that we have. we can't just let them go, can we? how long can the united states actually hold prisoners without taking them to trial? >>> also, jon stewart said it best. he always does. congress only cares about meals on wheels when those meals are coming down the aisle on a nice airplane. tonight the head of the meals on wheels program himself is coming here to talk about the suffering because of these cuts, because of the sequestration. >>> by now, everyone should know, you don't tug on superman's cape. you don't spit into the wind. and you don't mess around with governor chris christie of new jersey. as some new jersey folks f
because they disagree with them, because they didn't want to help or even be seen helping president obama. why am i not surprised? tonight we'll talk to erica laugherty whose mother is the courageous sandy hook principal who died protecting those kids. she confronted a u.s. senator who voted against that bill. that was a tough moment for her. >>> what do we do about gitmo? this is a tough one. especially around progressives. no country wants to take the prisoners that we have. we can't...
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president clinton, president bush, barack obama have always supported an integrated russia. where we've diverged is the methods they use. sometimes very savage to put down that rebellion. >> so how do you -- it's just amazing to me to be talking about exchanging intelligence information with vladimir putin. when you think putin used to -- i still think kgb and i don't have a great warm feeling about the kgb. so how do you go about assessing information from a country whom in earlier years was really a sworn enemy? >> well, we faced this issue with a lot of countries where we may not agree on methods, we may not agree on political objectives, but there are areas we do have agreement like terrorism. we have shared information wtd with the chinese when it relates to extremists who may be hostile to china and the u.s. pakistan is not a model state that we share information. you have to be careful in how you share and what you share, but it's a mistake to turn our backs on countries we don't always agree with when they may have a commonality in the interest of saving lives. >> le
president clinton, president bush, barack obama have always supported an integrated russia. where we've diverged is the methods they use. sometimes very savage to put down that rebellion. >> so how do you -- it's just amazing to me to be talking about exchanging intelligence information with vladimir putin. when you think putin used to -- i still think kgb and i don't have a great warm feeling about the kgb. so how do you go about assessing information from a country whom in earlier years...
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♪ >>> more on the theme we were just talking about. approval of president obama's handling of terror threats. he's still pretty strong at 56%. 35% disapproval as more of these issues mount for him. back with our political round table. former speaker of the house and presidential candidate newt gingrich. former democratic congressman from tennessee, harold ford jr. editor of the national review rich lowry. managing editor of the grio.com and msnbc contributor joy reid. a lot to pick up on. speaker gingrich, the terror debate which can extend from benghazi now to syria to threats to the homeland after boston. how is the president doing? >> oh, i think in the long run not particularly well. i think mayor giuliani stated a good example. 42 months after ft. hood we are pretending that this is a workplace incident when somebody jumps up, yelling allah and kills a bunch of american soldiers clearly related to radical islam. on the fbi most wanted list, 30 -- for terrorism, 30 of the 31 are islamists. yet the coverage of the first two days aft
♪ >>> more on the theme we were just talking about. approval of president obama's handling of terror threats. he's still pretty strong at 56%. 35% disapproval as more of these issues mount for him. back with our political round table. former speaker of the house and presidential candidate newt gingrich. former democratic congressman from tennessee, harold ford jr. editor of the national review rich lowry. managing editor of the grio.com and msnbc contributor joy reid. a lot to pick...
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the president also talked about healthcare overhaul. president obama says it's already helping lots of americans even if they don't realize it some republican governors are making things difficult by refusing to set set up insurance exchanges in their states. one house republican responded saying the american people are aware of the benefits of obama care, less work, lower wages, fewer benefits. breaking news now on the morning after pill. the medication that stops pregnancies in the hours or days after sex and conception. the feds have just announced that pharmacies can now sell that pill known as plan b to teenagers. as young as 15. the age limit used to be 17. what's more pharmacies can now sell the drug over the counter, meaning girls don't need a prescription from a doctor or permission from their parents. just proof of their age at the checkout counter. officials at the food and drug administration say today's decision does not address the ruling from a federal judge earlier this month. that judge ruled that pharmacies must make t
the president also talked about healthcare overhaul. president obama says it's already helping lots of americans even if they don't realize it some republican governors are making things difficult by refusing to set set up insurance exchanges in their states. one house republican responded saying the american people are aware of the benefits of obama care, less work, lower wages, fewer benefits. breaking news now on the morning after pill. the medication that stops pregnancies in the hours or...
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in fact, he couldn't say whether president obama had been briefed by his counter terrorism advisor who has kept him regularly updated since the explosions. he did address critics who said mr. obama was hasty to conclude the tsarnaev brothers were self-radicalized though none of the three people arrested today is believed to have known beforehand that the attack was coming. here is a little bit of what carney had to say. >> even if we posit that it may seem at this point, basissed on the information that has been gathered and produced and reported on, that it looks as though these might have been self-radicalized individuals. you know, that's supposition that has to be proven through the investigation. >> the president said yesterday the fbi and department of homeland security both did what they were supposed to be doing. he said local law enforcement officials performed an exemplary fashion. his critics warned against assuming there was no foreign involvement in the bombings and officials are now, in fact, following the tracks of tamerlan tsarnaev who was killed in a fight with police
in fact, he couldn't say whether president obama had been briefed by his counter terrorism advisor who has kept him regularly updated since the explosions. he did address critics who said mr. obama was hasty to conclude the tsarnaev brothers were self-radicalized though none of the three people arrested today is believed to have known beforehand that the attack was coming. here is a little bit of what carney had to say. >> even if we posit that it may seem at this point, basissed on the...
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i'll talk about that with the former director of national intelligence in just a moment. i will also ask him about president obama defending the fbi's handling of the boston bombing investigation, insisting there was no intelligence breakdown. listen to what the president said. >> the russian intelligence services had alerted u.s. intelligence about the older brother as well as the mother, indicating that they might be sympathizers to
i'll talk about that with the former director of national intelligence in just a moment. i will also ask him about president obama defending the fbi's handling of the boston bombing investigation, insisting there was no intelligence breakdown. listen to what the president said. >> the russian intelligence services had alerted u.s. intelligence about the older brother as well as the mother, indicating that they might be sympathizers to
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if you notice one last point, i push back on the obama budget, so let's talk about independent reach across the aisles and being reasonable. i told you no one tells me what to do. i am an independent business woman and i will reach across the aisles. [ applause ] >> dick, i thought she might reach across the debate stage and knock one on sanford's chin there. she was not pulling any punches, not tying herself to nancy pelosi. elizabeth colbert busch was channeling the fighting spirit of nancy pelosi. what did you make of that? >> i think it is fascinating to me. mark sanford, i counted, mentioned nancy pelosi's name 16 times tonight. he's clearly obsessed with the wrong woman, again. this guy is just amazing because he thinks the public is so stupid, they don't understand. he wants to talk about nancy pelosi, he wants to talk about anything about his record as governor, his record with the argentina trail. huge impact is the deepening of the charleston port, which sanford voted against any federal funding for that when he was in congress before, voted against funding for the rabenow
if you notice one last point, i push back on the obama budget, so let's talk about independent reach across the aisles and being reasonable. i told you no one tells me what to do. i am an independent business woman and i will reach across the aisles. [ applause ] >> dick, i thought she might reach across the debate stage and knock one on sanford's chin there. she was not pulling any punches, not tying herself to nancy pelosi. elizabeth colbert busch was channeling the fighting spirit of...
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during that search, reporters had a chance to talk to him. he said he had nothing to do with those ricin-laced letters that were sent to president obama and to members of congress. he said he was being framed, eventual essentially, by the first person arrested. here is what he had to say. >> i have nothing to do with those letters the person accused of sending those letters, her defense attorney or his defense attorney said -- steered them in my direction because i was probably an easy target. >> reporter: now we do know that dutschke is known to authorities, the mugshot we are showing you, craig is from a prior arrest. if convicted, he faces life in prison. these are very serious charges. white house officials tell me that president obama has been made aware of this arrest. at this point, they are not releasing any other reaction. this all started in the dates after the boston bombing. that is when these ricin-laced letters were intercepted at an offsite mail facility. so they never got close to president obama or to members of congress. obv
during that search, reporters had a chance to talk to him. he said he had nothing to do with those ricin-laced letters that were sent to president obama and to members of congress. he said he was being framed, eventual essentially, by the first person arrested. here is what he had to say. >> i have nothing to do with those letters the person accused of sending those letters, her defense attorney or his defense attorney said -- steered them in my direction because i was probably an easy...
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president obama talking about immigration. take a listen. >> when i say i'm optimistic, i didn't say it was going to be easy. we always knew this was a challenging path. immigration debates historically have always generated a lot of passion and energy. but what we've seen is i think it's a substantial shift in attitudes in the republican party from, say, a year, two years ago. >> 100 days gone now, meredith, now looking forward to the next 100 days. is this where the president will double down on getting immigration reform through? >> i think immigration reform has always been one of the president's top priorities. i was watching your last segment about background checks and how it had failed and there is more political will to do immigration than even anything to gun control. so you have the bipartisan group of eight senators who came out with a framework who have been extraordinarily cautious in trying to protect the bill. you have someone like made are compa marco rubio, ambitions running a presidential media operation and
president obama talking about immigration. take a listen. >> when i say i'm optimistic, i didn't say it was going to be easy. we always knew this was a challenging path. immigration debates historically have always generated a lot of passion and energy. but what we've seen is i think it's a substantial shift in attitudes in the republican party from, say, a year, two years ago. >> 100 days gone now, meredith, now looking forward to the next 100 days. is this where the president will...
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. >>> president obama is wrapping up a trip to mexico. he's leaving as we speak. you see those images live of mexico city of air force one. in mexico he met with president enrique pena nieto. president obama touched on business opportunities in his remarks fighting the war on drugs, gun control and comprehensive immigration reform. >> it is critical that the united states recognize the need to reform our immigration system. because we are a nation of laws, but we are also a nation of immigrants. like every nation, we have a responsibility to ensure that our laws are upheld. we also know as a nation of immigrants, the immigration system we have in the united states right now doesn't reflect our values. it separates families when we should be reuniting them. >> next stop is costa rica where mr. obama's expected to meet with u.s. embassy staff and costa rican president laura chinchilla. >>> president obama's investing $100 million in taxpayer money to map the human brain, but what exactly are scientists looking for? our dr. sanjay gupta takes a tour of a brain map la
. >>> president obama is wrapping up a trip to mexico. he's leaving as we speak. you see those images live of mexico city of air force one. in mexico he met with president enrique pena nieto. president obama touched on business opportunities in his remarks fighting the war on drugs, gun control and comprehensive immigration reform. >> it is critical that the united states recognize the need to reform our immigration system. because we are a nation of laws, but we are also a...
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nurses to talk to for you. visit exelonpatchoffer.com. ♪ >> megyn: we are watching an eye vent with president obama at the white house right now. he is naming the mayor of charlotte, north carolina, a beautiful town, as his pick to be the next secretary of transportation. a white house official tells fox that anthony fox was tapped for the job in part because he has successfully overseen a rapid growth in his city's infrastructure since becoming mayor in 2009. if you would like to, you can watch that teaming live on foxnews.com. your other news source >>> on capitol hill, republicans senators say they can save taxpayers $30 billion by cutting what they call waste and fraud from the food stamp program. they want to block the reported purchases of things like cigarettes, liquor, and ipads to which some democrats are now accusing the gop of wanting to, quote, hurt our kids. mike emmanuel has more. mike? >> hi. the republican lawmakers behind this legislation want to take a closer look at the explosion in the num
nurses to talk to for you. visit exelonpatchoffer.com. ♪ >> megyn: we are watching an eye vent with president obama at the white house right now. he is naming the mayor of charlotte, north carolina, a beautiful town, as his pick to be the next secretary of transportation. a white house official tells fox that anthony fox was tapped for the job in part because he has successfully overseen a rapid growth in his city's infrastructure since becoming mayor in 2009. if you would like to, you...
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there's plenty to talk about in the country right now. let's bring in wolf blitzer. >> he will be walking out momentaril momentarily. there's a new start day for a show called new day, june 10th. >> thank you. as you know, you're former coanchor kate baldwin has taken on this mercy mission of helping me in the morning and on the other side -- >> good morning, everybody. i am here to answer questions in honor of ed henry as he wraps up his ten your as president of the white house correspondents' association. ed because of that you get the first question. >> thank you, sir. i appreciate that. [ inaudible ] a couple questions on national security. on syria, you said the red line was not just about chemical weapons. it was a game changer. seemed cut and dry and now your administration seems to be suggesting that line is not clear. do you risk u.s. creditability if you don't take military action? and then on benghazi there are survivors on that terror attack that want to come forward and testify and they say they have been blocked. >> first of
there's plenty to talk about in the country right now. let's bring in wolf blitzer. >> he will be walking out momentaril momentarily. there's a new start day for a show called new day, june 10th. >> thank you. as you know, you're former coanchor kate baldwin has taken on this mercy mission of helping me in the morning and on the other side -- >> good morning, everybody. i am here to answer questions in honor of ed henry as he wraps up his ten your as president of the white...
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than i think you are hearing them talk about the mid terms. i think they realize now four-plus years into the obama presidency, honestly the way of system works, the way they respond to the incentives, if you want to do big things you either have to have 60 votes in the senate or filibuster reform, you don't need 60 votes for everything and you have to have the white house, so there's talk of a concerted effort now to win back the house in 2014. the problem is historically i don't see how they go and do that, but i do see a lot of energy being focused on that. >> if the democrats retake the house and held the senate, how much would that shape the president's last two years. >> significancely. look at the difference of what happened between 2009 and 2010, when they had not for all of that time, but for big chunks of that time they also have 60 votes in the senate the haz how you got the stimulus. you bakley only had three republicans willing to break ranks. that's how you got health care reform. they used this procedure called reconciliation, w
than i think you are hearing them talk about the mid terms. i think they realize now four-plus years into the obama presidency, honestly the way of system works, the way they respond to the incentives, if you want to do big things you either have to have 60 votes in the senate or filibuster reform, you don't need 60 votes for everything and you have to have the white house, so there's talk of a concerted effort now to win back the house in 2014. the problem is historically i don't see how they...
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. >> and president obama marking 100 days into his second term. >> jason collins, had a chance to talk to him yesterday. seems like a terrific young man, and i told humim i couldn't be prouder. an extraordinary measure of progress we've seen in this country has been the recognition that the lgbt community deserves full equality. not just partial equality. not just tolerance, but a recognition that they are fully a part of the american family, and, you know, given the importance of sports in our society for an individual who has excelled at the highest level to say this is who i am, i am proud of it, i'm still a great competitor, i'm still seven-foot tall and can bang with shaq, you know, deliver a hard foul and, you know, for i think a lot of young people out there, who, you know, are gay or lesbian who are struggling with these issues, to see a role model like that, i think it's a great thing. i think america should be proud this is one more step in this ongoing recognition that we treat everybody fairly. and everybody is part of a -- part of the family and we judge people on the basi
. >> and president obama marking 100 days into his second term. >> jason collins, had a chance to talk to him yesterday. seems like a terrific young man, and i told humim i couldn't be prouder. an extraordinary measure of progress we've seen in this country has been the recognition that the lgbt community deserves full equality. not just partial equality. not just tolerance, but a recognition that they are fully a part of the american family, and, you know, given the importance of...
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they talk about obama being from kenya. he's from canada. he cap the president. -- cannot be president. elizabeth warren seems like she israel honest -- real honest. bernie sanders, for instance -- you've got a few in washington that really care about the people, in my opinion. pick the ones, in my opinion, that will push the corporate agenda. the people will be left out in the cold what we have been for the past years. it is all about profits in this country. it is no longer about the people. host: rusty from kentucky putting his pitch in for elizabeth warren and bernie sanders as well. del fromo down to pennsylvania on our democratic line. caller: good morning. i watched senator cruz's speech last night. it was a little confusing. he said his father came to this country in 1957 after being tortured in cuba. guess what? 1957, our allies were running cuba. a man named bautista. right away, you got to be suspicious of the sky. host: talk about your pick for the democratic field. caller: i do not have a pick at this point. it is too soon to kn
they talk about obama being from kenya. he's from canada. he cap the president. -- cannot be president. elizabeth warren seems like she israel honest -- real honest. bernie sanders, for instance -- you've got a few in washington that really care about the people, in my opinion. pick the ones, in my opinion, that will push the corporate agenda. the people will be left out in the cold what we have been for the past years. it is all about profits in this country. it is no longer about the people....
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host: let's listen to president obama speaking yesterday about this very issue. [video clip] >> i have invested in trying to bring about a solution inside of syria. obviously, there are options that are available that are on the shelf right now that we have not deployed. that's a spectrum of options. as early as last year i asked the pentagon, our military, our intelligence officials to prepare for me what options might be available. i won't go into details of what the options might be but you'll clearly -- that would be an escalation in our view of the threat to the security of international community, our alley lies and the united states and that means and this that means there are some options that we might not other exercise that we would strongly consider. host: president obama speaking yesterday. u.p.i. has a story saying that the president is close to deciding in giving aid to the syria rebels and will make a decision within weeks. what would arming look like? guest: the rebel force grew out of their communities. these are people from all works of life tha
host: let's listen to president obama speaking yesterday about this very issue. [video clip] >> i have invested in trying to bring about a solution inside of syria. obviously, there are options that are available that are on the shelf right now that we have not deployed. that's a spectrum of options. as early as last year i asked the pentagon, our military, our intelligence officials to prepare for me what options might be available. i won't go into details of what the options might be...
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up next, we will take you to the 50 minute news conference, president obama talking to the news reporters in the press room. president obama: hello, everybody. hello. good afternoon -- or good morning, everybody. i am here to answer questions in honor of ed henry, as he wraps up his tenure as president of the white house correspondents' association. ed, because of that, you get the first question. congratulations. >> thank you, sir. i really appreciate that. and i hope we can go back to business and being mad at each other in a little bit. president obama: i'm not mad at you. >> ok. thank you. i appreciate it. president obama: you may be mad at me. [laughter] >> i'm not. [laughter] a couple questions on national security. on syria, you said that the red line was not just about chemical weapons being used but being spread, and it was a game changer, seemed cut and dry. and now your administration seems to be suggesting that line is not clear. do you risk u.s. credibility if you don't take military action? and then on benghazi, there are some survivors of that terror attack who say they wan
up next, we will take you to the 50 minute news conference, president obama talking to the news reporters in the press room. president obama: hello, everybody. hello. good afternoon -- or good morning, everybody. i am here to answer questions in honor of ed henry, as he wraps up his tenure as president of the white house correspondents' association. ed, because of that, you get the first question. congratulations. >> thank you, sir. i really appreciate that. and i hope we can go back to...
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>> well, he echoed president obama's comments this morning on the sunday talk show that the israeli air strike proves the capabilities that the syrians had were not as great as was -- that was the argument that was being used getting involved in syria, that their capabilities were really strong and they have shown they can penetrate. you're seeing some democrats come out against it. but traditionally, you're hearing it from people who are known to be hawks. and the american public is still very skittish as jackie mentioned. we're very war weary, this country. and so there isn't this strong political pressure on president obama to move on military intervention. if this crisis drags on, it could be viewed in the larger lens of how is president obama leading on the syrian crisis? >> secretary kerry's mission tomorrow is one that's going to take him to moscow or vladimir putin, of course, has been unrelenting in his support for assad. how does this complicate that trip? >> well, the reality is if kerry could work out some sort of understanding with the russians on this, it might begin to ge
>> well, he echoed president obama's comments this morning on the sunday talk show that the israeli air strike proves the capabilities that the syrians had were not as great as was -- that was the argument that was being used getting involved in syria, that their capabilities were really strong and they have shown they can penetrate. you're seeing some democrats come out against it. but traditionally, you're hearing it from people who are known to be hawks. and the american public is...